maternal health

More mothers are becoming pregnant later in life, and while some pregnancy complications occur with greater frequency among older mothers, whether preterm birth can be independently associated with maternal age has required more investigation. In a new PLOS ONE study,…

Secure attachment between mother and infant boosts children’s social, emotional and physical development. Many studies have investigated ways to strengthen maternal-infant attachment and how to implement these strategies for maximum effect, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. But few have…

If you want to get more men tested for HIV, your best bet may be to give self-tests to their female partners, according to a new study published in PLOS Medicine. Harsha Thirumurthy, associate professor at the University of North…